Akmanastir, also known as Hagios Khariton and Deyr-i Eflatun (Plato's Monastery), is in the Sille Neighborhood in Selçuklu District of Konya. Its connection to Plato is based on a narrative from Evliya Çelebi's Travel Book. It was carved into a light-colored rock in the late 8th century in commemoration of Hagios Khariton, who lived in the 3rd-4th centuries and was originally from Konya, according to an inscription discovered in the monastery in earlier years. For ages, Christian and Muslim people have coexisted in the region where the monastery is located, and the monastery has served as a meeting and fusion site for these two religious civilizations. Even Byzantines who assis...